Year |
Name |
Owner |
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1884 | Norham | Lohden & Co. |
On a voyage from Bilbao to Rotterdam with a cargo of iron-ore & a crew of 18 Norham was wrecked off Jumet Rocks near Ushant on 24 April 1886. No lives were lost. Master - J.J. Robson.
Jacob Lohden was in parnership with E. Cory in the company of Cory and Lohden. When the partnership was dissolved in 1881 Jacob continued business as J. Lohden & Co. Between 1881 and 1894 the company owned ten ships and had branches in Hartlepool, Newcastle-on-Tyne and Leith.
Family History:
Jacob Lohden was born at Horneburg, Germany in 1837 and moved to Hartlepool in 1858. He began work at the firm of Anthony Harris & Co. coal exporters. Jacob became a naturalised British subject and married Mary Paxton on 13 October 1864 at Norham-on-Tweed, Northumberland. By 1871 he and his family were living at Cambridge Terrace, Stranton, by 1881 Station Lane, Seaton Carew and by 1891 Middleton St George.
Jacob was a member of the Seaton Carew Local Board and when Seaton was amalgamated with West Hartlepool he became a member of that Board. He was a member of the Hartlepool Port and Harbour Commisioners, chairman of the Small Damage Club and a director of The Neptune Marine Insurance Company.
Jacob died at Norham-on-Tweed in February 1893 at the age of 56 leaving assets of £8,120. He was interred at Holy Trinity Churchyard, Seaton Carew.
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Owners: 1884 Jacob Lohden & Co. West Hartlepool;
Masters: 1884-86 William H Tinniswood; 1886 JJ Robson.
Norham took on a cargo of loadstone ore at the Greek island of Seriphos & with a crew of 18 left on 7 January 1886 bound for Cette. At about 3am on 10 January she grounded, with her starboard bilge forward, off Villa San Gravannia in the Straits of Messina. She was got off on the flood tide & proceeded to Cette & discharged her cargo. She then was dry-docked at Marseilles for repairs. The master was found to blame for the stranding & his certificate was suspended for three months.
Norham was wrecked off Jumet Rocks near Ushant on 24 April 1886.
Crew January 1886;
Boys, Robert, 2nd mate
Matchelson, Harold Alfred, chief officer, Denmark
Parker, John William, able seaman
Pounder, James, chief engineer
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